Apache logs too big. Filesystem full

Hi everyone . Need some help

I have apache running on FreeBSD . when trying to restart the web server I get /var : filesystem full.

When doing a du I get that /var/log/httpd-access.log is 109% .

My question is : how do you clear this , or should I just delete the file and create another one ?


Please help

 

If you don't need it you can do just:

> /var/log/httpd-access.log

After that you might need to setup logs rotation.

 

Thx Supportex ,


but what does that command do , it looks like redirection? I do not need anything in that file. I just don't know if deleting that file will cause apache to stop working . I could delete it and create a blank file in its place . will that work ?

 

Hi there,

You can use the echo command to clear it out:

echo > /var/log/httpd-access.log

Code (markup):

This will clear out the log itself, and ensure the file and permissions for it stay the same.

Regards,
Chris

 

don't delete it, just empty it as the fellow above suggested.

 

What "> /var/log/httpd-access.log" does is enter null value to that file .. which is equivalent to "create a blank file in its place"